# Cuts, the agent

> What the chat can do, what it costs, and why Cuts asks before spending.
> Part of the Cuts Guide (en) — https://ferment.run/cuts/docs (Markdown map: https://ferment.run/cuts/docs/index.md)
> Canonical page: https://ferment.run/cuts/docs/cuts-the-agent

Every project has a chat. That's where you talk to Cuts — an editing agent, not just an editor.

## What Cuts knows

By the time you type, Cuts has already read the project: the transcript of everything spoken, the beat grid of your music, scene boundaries, the moments worth keeping. Cuts sees your footage — the frames, not the file names.

You can hand Cuts more. Attach photos and videos, audio files, a voice note instead of typing — or screenshots: Cuts reads images, so a screenshot of comments under your last post is something it can work with.

## What Cuts does

- **Edits.** From a single trim to rebuilding the whole timeline into a cut. Every change lands in the editor.
- **Generates.** Video clips, images, music, narration, animated titles — see [Generate](/cuts/docs/generate).
- **Plans and follows up.** Give Cuts a pile of footage and a goal, and the plan arrives in chat — with nudges when you ask for them. See [The plan](/cuts/docs/the-plan).
- **Researches.** Cuts searches the web when the job needs facts.
- **Remembers.** Your taste, your decisions, your brand — see [Memory](/cuts/docs/memory) and [Brand kit](/cuts/docs/brand-kit).

When Cuts needs your call, it asks — option sheets to pick from, previews to watch in chat, a plain confirm before anything big.


## Costs

Some AI jobs are cheap and just run. For the expensive ones — where the price depends on your footage — Cuts quotes the cost in credits first and waits for your yes before spending anything. The full rules live in [Credits & plans](/cuts/docs/credits-and-plans).

## Limits

Agent usage has a weekly allowance that scales with your plan. On paid plans you can keep going past it on credits — a few per message — or wait for the reset. Either way the editor never pauses; limits apply to the conversation, not your project.

## Honesty

Cuts is young. It will sometimes cut the wrong moment or misread what you meant. Everything Cuts does to your timeline is reversible, and the cost gate means the expensive jobs never run without your yes. Check the work like you'd check a new editor's — Cuts learns your taste as you correct it.